Compulsory microchipping for dogs

[Iain MacLean – Presenter] Now, from the 6th of next month all dogs over 8 weeks old must be microchipped. Owners could be fined up to £500 if their dog is not microchipped. There are many reasons for this regulation and included in these is to make it easier to find missing dogs. Seonaidh MacKenzie has this report.

[Seonaidh MacKenzie - Reporter] Apparently four out of five dogs in this country are microchipped. The chip has a unique number which links to a database, where information is held about the dog. It’s not only information about the owner it stores but perhaps other things such as illnesses the dog has had. Very useful information if the dog goes missing. The chip is no larger than a grain of rice and it is inserted under the dog’s skin.

[Iain MacLean] The chips are very small. They go inside a needle and are inserted under the skin of dogs, cats and other animals. But they are only around the size of grains of rice. I believe they are as wide as grains of rice and twice as long.

[Seonaidh MacKenzie - Reporter] But it is not only useful for missing dogs.

[Iain MacLean] There are other ways a dog can go missing. It could be stolen. And if a dog was stolen and somebody found it, the chip could be read and the chip would tell if the dog had an owner and therefore that perhaps the person who had the dog had not been given permission to go off with the dog. It will be helpful for us to discover situations where dogs have been stolen.

[Seonaidh MacKenzie - Reporter] Last year in Scotland around 1500 dogs were separated from their owners with 90 of them having to be put down. There will be more of an onus on people to make sure their dogs are well-behaved. And the same law is coming into effect in England and Wales on the same day.

[Seonaidh MacKenzie - Reporter] If you have a dog over 8 weeks old, you have less than a month to make sure it gets microchipped. And more importantly, to keep the information up to date. Seonaidh MacKenzie and Dìleas, BBC An Là, Wick.

Meanbh-sgealb nan coin

(Compulsory microchipping for dogs)

VocabularyBriathrachas

meanbh-sgealb - microchip

càin - fine

stòr-dàta - database

gràin - grain

rus - rice

craiceann - skin

snàthad - needle

A’ Chuimrigh - Wales

Inbhir Ùige - Wick

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